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James Cameron got a laugh this morning when he reminded the assembled press that “it wasn’t just 14-year-old girls seeing it over and over” who madeTitanic an unprecedented hit back in 1997; “Maybe that was $200 million of the gross, but you still have to account for the other $1.2 billion.”  …

… “Let’s remind ourselves– Hollywood is a business, and there’s nothing wrong with that.” He and Landau stressed they they’re “not changing a frame” in the conversion, not even to spruce up some of the dated special effects, but Cameron acknowledged “there are some shots that are cringers for me.” It’s true, some of the effects look a little less dazzling than they did back in 1997, but Cameron and Landau are right when they say that audiences want it that way; “There is a nostalgia element,” as Cameron put it. “People want to see the movie they saw.”  …

Cameron and Landau both want to de-emphasize the 3D conversation, which he called “just a part” of the excitement around a Titanic re-release. But they’re no dummies– they see how well The Lion King 3D did, they know their 3D conversion is superior to any other post-conversion we’ve ever seen, and they know the timing is right. I’m not convinced that the 3D is really necessary forTitanic, a movie that was perfectly good without it, but the chance to see it on the big screen again really shouldn’t be missed.  …

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